Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 09/10/2026Any nation that live streams executions is a shithole country. 22260351314
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120263573
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comA Reckoning in SpringfieldA truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become. 761228453
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Well that’s it. AI’s gonna kill us all 47997145
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialJonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Okay, so let’s get one of those. 30872146
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialDr. Implorable @drimplorable.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Want to keep her memory alive? Do a lot of kind things, for a lot of people, no matter who they are. And do it with a happy and humble heart. 423356708
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026What makes this even more grotesque is that Doris Miller was denied the medal of honor when he was alive just because he was black. bsky.app/profile/carl... 21937651415
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself. 1292581802
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Zero new NSF grants in sociology, anthropology, political science and economics. The agenda of this US govt is to stop documenting the society in which we live while they are destroying it. We will find other ways to track and explain our times and fight to restore our research funding. 15893454
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialCNN @cnn.com · 21/08/2026The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar with internal discussions told CNN. Read more: cnn.it/45zDN3b 176535
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialauthorinbalalon.bsky.social @authorinbalalon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Ms.Rachel asks Why do we ignore the suffering kids already see? Mychal asks Why don’t we build spaces — libraries, classrooms, stories — where every child belongs? I ask.. Why do we fear kids’ Whys when they’re the spark of empathy, equity, and change? 113324
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I support women’s wrongs (when a female T-Rex eats lawyers) 146041
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialTaco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply 120124983553
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 23/06/2026“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.” - Desmond Tutu Division is a choice. So is nurturing our shared humanity. Good night, fellow humans. 💚 228261
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 12/06/2026A trillionaire isn’t a success story. it’s a policy failure. 14276761913
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026NEW: The chair of the President’s Cancer Panel, Dr. Harvey Risch, is a co-author on a study touting ivermectin for cancer. The study is backed by two anti-vax orgs, including The Wellness Company, which sells the drug and with which he is affiliated. www.importantcontext.news/p/chair-of-p...importantcontext.newsChair of President’s Cancer Panel Co-Authors Ivermectin Cancer Study Backed By Supplements Company“It’s marketing disguised as science.” 2081286678
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/06/2026Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks. 953378565210
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong 6070181614
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/05/2026This is what Elon threw into the wood chipper: “Gawande cited an analysis in The Lancet that estimated that USAID assistance—aimed at combatting diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, & polio, reducing maternal & child deaths, & fighting malnutrition—had saved 92 million lives over 2 decades.“ 30682376
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/05/2026"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics. 273111874100
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 16/10/2025John Lewis had John Roberts' number from the jump: takebackthecourt.substack.com/p/john-lewis... 4244321757
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c 191058538
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialInstitute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 15/04/2026If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay 21993581
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. 9445051849
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I'm not religious, but I respect the importance that faith plays in people's lives. Posting an image of yourself as God is literally blasphemy. It shows a disregard for sacred imagery and, by extension, for the very concept of the divine. Trump should apologize. 2047311802
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialPeter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 05/04/2026first time really tuning into a war? welcome. Let’s go over some rules of how to behave. These are going to be especially important if it’s a war you oppose. 1. You are allowed an opinion. This is America. Whether you served or not. It’s done in your name so might as well speak up. 🧵 932392578
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/04/2026Trump is kicking 100,000 veterans out of their homes. www.npr.org/2026/04/02/n...npr.orgTrump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of itForeclosures on VA loans are at their highest level in a decade. VA has a fix but it is months away and could still leave vets worse off than most other homeowners. 17127231634
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/03/2026"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis 10145561407
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It. Is. In. The. Fourteenth. Amendment. It. Is. A. Right. 18649361234
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 25/03/2026My man clearly had to fight with Cigna over an MRI 534848827
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 20/03/2026Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll She was born on March 20th, 1915 318180794327
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialMax Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Remember when DOGE was destroying foreign aid because it was supposedly too expensive? The entire US foreign aid budget in 2024 was $62 billion. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comPentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warThat figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said. 361387578
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/03/2026"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 421212387197
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialSteve Postman 🇨🇦 @steve1970peng.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Eisenhower 365156675863
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026things every single republican president of your lifetime has done - started a war in the middle east - completely destroyed the economy 299261368797
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The idea of bombing children as a form of “self-defense” is nonsensical and grotesque, but nonetheless it’s the argument the U.S. and Israel have been relying on for years and years. It shouldn’t be hard to take a stance against slaughtering children 211484363
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 28/02/2026we were probably all up last night staring at the ceiling with our own version of the same thought running on endless loop, but mine looked something like this: I hate these people to a degree that feels simultaneously corrosive to the soul, and also the only righteous response to this kind of evil 73673776
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 25/02/2026President Trump just said, “We lifted 2.4 million Americans off of food stamps.” A reminder of what happened to those 2.4 million Americans: 341605509
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 25/02/2026John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way. Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”propublica.orgTrump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re... 241079489
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it. 122171992
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 10/02/2026If reading these letters doesn’t fill you with a deep and urgent need to burn these concentration camps to the ground after releasing their prisoners, you would’ve been on the wrong side in WWII. 211979553
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/20261. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable. 425274478041
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.” 414176667030
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Imagine how inhumanely you must view these people in order to be part of a team that separates this five-year-old and then ships him parentless to Texas within hours. This is not about law enforcement. 1524570
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Martin Luther King Jr. understood better than almost anyone that racial justice and economic justice are inextricably intertwined. Watch his powerful call to end poverty from his final Sunday Sermon. 15580322972
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome. 85120772472
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025collective liberation means solidarity with those most harmed including: solidarity with victim-survivors it does not matter if the perpetrator was your friend, your idol, a movement hero, someone who's essential to your work or anything else tell every truth + center those harmed always 331059
Reposted by @lmegivern.bsky.socialRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse. 457182795765